ISBN:
0253111021
,
9780253111029
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 258 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version White queen
DDC:
305.42092
Keywords:
Sheldon, Mary French 1847-1936
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Sheldon, Mary French
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Sheldon, Mary French
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Sheldon, Mary French
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Sheldon, Mary French
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Feminists Biography
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United States
;
Women explorers Biography
;
Africa
;
Nationalism and feminism United States
;
Feminism History
;
United States
;
Nationalism and feminism
;
Feminism History
;
Imperialism
;
Women explorers Biography
;
Feminists Biography
;
Imperialism
;
Feminists Biography
;
Women explorers Biography
;
Nationalism and feminism
;
Feminism History
;
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
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Feminism
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Feminists
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Imperialism
;
Nationalism and feminism
;
Women explorers
;
Feminisme
;
Ontdekkingsreizigers
;
Feminismus
;
Biographies
;
History
;
Biographies
;
United States
;
Africa
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
Abstract:
Tracey Jean Boisseau's reading of the "White Queen" (which refers to May French-Sheldon's 1891 expedition to East Africa) connects popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorientation of Euro-American imperialism at the turn of the century
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: A Tale of Imperial FeminismFirst Woman Explorer of Africa: The 1891 Expedition -- The Caravan Trek to Kilimanjaro -- Self-Discovery -- Forging a Feminine Colonial Method -- Sex and the Sultans -- Confessions of a White Queen -- Agent for Empire: Interventions in Central and West Africa, 1903-1908 -- An Imperial Spy in the Congo -- A Plantation Mistress in Liberia -- Feminist for a New Generation: Mastering Femininity in 1920s America -- Taking Feminism on the Road -- Masquerading as the Subject of Feminism -- The Queen, the Sheik, the Sultana, and the Female Spectator -- Conclusion: The White Queen in the Mirror, or Reflections on the Construction of White Feminist Identity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index. - Description based on print version record
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